Guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on the serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP) for bowel lengthening in parenteral nutrition-dependent children.
Description
In children, some diseases may result in abnormally short bowel. This can cause severe nutritional problems because of insufficient absorption of food. Serial transverse enteroplasty is an operation where the bowel is cut and stapled in a zig-zag pattern in order to narrow and lengthen it.
Coding and clinical classification codes for this guidance.